I was going to put off buying a harness and rein set till I was in town and could have a real look around as to what was on offer.
However as it happened my mother-in-law picked us up a high chair, you know the type the one with the chair and table. As it was it was missing any sort of harness to help keep a child safe whist feeding or shall I say feeding the floor. As it only cost £5 for the high chair I wasn't too unhappy but I would have preferred to find one myself that had all its parts.
The only one the did was your basic standard harness and rein for the price of £5.99 (I remember when these were much cheaper and better made).
I thought the price was a little on the steep side but has it was for safety reason for my purchase, I had not choice but to grudgingly depart with my cash.
When I got home I removed the harness from the packaging to have a closer look at them. The contents consisted of the harness, the rein and two small straps so that you could attach the harness to an highchair linked to the D rings.
The harness is designed for babies from 4 months and up to the age of a 4 year old child, that is a guide as each child's build is different.
As for colour, they were navy blue with green stripes, I would have liked to see a wider range of colours as I could have imagined that on a girl these would have looked very boyish. Luckily we purchased ours for a boy so that wasn't too much of an issue.
Attaching them to the high chair was easy as you slip the small straps through the D rings and pop the end of it through the loop at the end of the small strap. You the clip the harness to the ends of the straps, it is then held in place by the plastic catches.
As the harness is fully adjustable around the waist and shoulders you should be able to have peace of mind that your child is secure and comfortable.
I did say should, didn't I. Well as for comfort they couldn't have been too bad as John never winged or moaned. It is a whole different story when it came to his safety. As I was feeding John he tugged his self towards me when the catch that was keeping the harness attached to his body snapped making him hit his mouth against the table giving himself a fat lip. It wasn't like he had put much pressure or strain on these either. The plastic catches must have been made by such a week material as this was only the 3rd time that these had been used in his highchair. It is just lucky that the chair was low to the ground and not placed on the table as it could have been far more damage caused.
I can not dispute that Clippasafe have produced a quantity of quality safety goods for young children and babies. But when it comes to these I would strongly avoid them and go for something made with stronger materials, such as leather with metal catches.
I can not comment on how these perform when it comes to using these for walking a toddler. All I can say is that a child will tug and pull you into every direction but the one you want to go, so there for more strain would be inflicted on the harness than that of an highchair.
If I can find my receipt I shall be sending these back to Clippasafe with a letter of disgust.
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I was just about to put a bid in on one of these on ebay for my Grandson. My daughter needs a harness for a pushchair she has purchased (secondhand) as it hasn't got got one. Thought I would just check on the price, and saw the heading. After reading your review, I will not be bidding on them. I will look around for a better one. Thank you.
MotherLove 07.06.2001 13:21
I think you should definately complain to the company, receipt or no receipt. Children's safety is of paramount importance and as for using them as walking reins, they definately would not have stood up to that test, as from experience it can be like walking a dog when your child's in walking reins.
niclemamy 05.06.2001 14:24
I have some of these and luckily they are very secure. It sounds like you got a faulty set but thanks for the warning!! I will go and double check mine now:)''nicola
May 31st, 2001
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